Enhanced Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy Enables Long-Term Observation of Living Cells HEIDELBERG, Germany ─ Luxendo, a Bruker company, today announced the extension of the InVi SPIM microscope to include full incubation capabilities, as well as flexible illumination and detection optics. Luxendo’s proprietary single-plane illumination microscopy (SPIM) technique significantly reduces sampling times over conventional laser scanning confocal microscopes, while […]

PK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research of Professor Taiji Adachi which uses the JPK NanoWizard® AFM to understand the mechanical basis of mechanotransduction at multiple scales. Professor Taiji Adachi heads a multidiscipline research group at Kyoto University. One of its goals is […]

WITec’s proven 3D Raman imaging functionality is now available in an inverted microscope. WITec has launched the alpha300 Ri inverted Raman microscope. It combines the advantages of data acquisition from below with the established merits of 3D confocal Raman imaging, a powerful and versatile technique that can chemically characterize samples nondestructively and without labeling or […]

Explore molecular interaction at the speed of life with the SP8 FALCON from Leica Microsystems Mannheim, Germany. Leica Microsystems announces the SP8 FALCON, the world’s first truly integrated lifetime contrast microscope. The SP8 FALCON can record lifetime contrast 10x faster than previous solutions. This lifetime information lets researchers monitor interactions between proteins in living cells […]

Mannheim, Germany. Leica Microsystems introduces LIGHTNING, a new detection concept for scientific imaging, initially available for all TCS SP8 confocal laser scanning microscope systems. Operating in real time, LIGHTNING extracts valuable image information from previously unseen or inaccessible fine structures and details. This expands imaging capabilities both in the classic confocal range and beyond the […]

Woolpit, United Kingdom: Deben, a leading provider of in situ testing stages together with innovative accessories and components for electron microscopy, reports on how TU Dortmund University is using their CT5000TEC compression/tensile stage to study fiber-reinforced composites. This work is being performed using a Nikon X-ray source Ronja Scholz is a scientific assistant and PhD […]

State-of-the-art facility features the first imaging system of its kind in Saudi Arabia. Wetzlar, Germany / Thuwal, Saudi Arabia: The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Leica Microsystems inaugurated a new Center of Excellence (CoE) for Optical Microscopy on the University’s campus today. With the new center, KAUST and Leica Microsystems embark […]

New products focus on advanced analytical capabilities for failure analysis and process control SHANGHAI – SEMICON China 2018 – Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announces new products that improve quality control and yield in semiconductor manufacturing. These new products will be showcased at SEMICON China (Hall N5 #5619), Shanghai, March 14-16, 2018. “Thermo Fisher has […]

Justin Mynar, KAUST associate vice president for research and executive director of the Core Labs, speaks during the opening of the KAUST-Leica Center of Excellence in Optical Microscopy on the University’s campus. KAUST and Leica Microsystems inaugurated a new Center of Excellence (CoE) for Optical Microscopy on the University’s campus on March 12. With the new center, […]

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the research of Professor Tanya Dahms from the University of Regina in Canada to characterize the structural, chemical and physical properties of outer surfaces (i.e. cell membranes and walls) as a function of internal and external stimuli […]